Good evening Lightning families!

Here are several important announcements for this week:

1. Our end of season party is on Wednesday evening starting at 5:30. We are switching up how we do our party this year, so be on the lookout for more information about our party. Also, we will have a parent vs. coaches relay race. If you are interested in participating in the parent relay, please email me and let me know.

2. If you are swimming at ASA on Friday of this week, we will continue to have practice on Wednesday and Thursday morning. If you have not paid for ASA, please go ahead and pay HERE. Buy Parking for the meet HERE.

3. This week's meet is Tuesday, not Thursday. Please return swimmer of the week signs and spirt chains by Tuesday morning practice or Wednesday at our end of season party.

Now for meet information:

1. Please remember parking will be a challenge Tuesday. Make sure you follow all parking signs in the neighborhood. Car pool, walk, golf cart if you can. If you have a golf cart, please be sure to park in golf cart parking, and don't take up a regular space. Golf cart parking will be in the mulch area near the clubhouse.

We will have 3 parents directing traffic for parking. If you arrive after the pool parking lot is full, please make sure you follow the instructions of our parking committee and go and park where they send you. We will start parking this meet off Cascade Trail (road across from the clubhouse),

2. We do still have practice Tuesday morning at the normal time.

3.Coaches are still actively working on the lineup for Tuesday's meet. They are checking and rechecking to ensure there aren’t any errors.

4.Once coaches have lineups complete, you can see your child’s individual events in the swimtopia App. Please make sure you download the app! This probably won’t be available until Tuesday after practice.

5.Swimmers need to arrive at 3:30

to begin the markup process. All swimmers need to have their arms marked with the Event, Heat, Lane, and Stroke.

Also, it would be a good idea to bring some entertainment for your child in their bullpen. Some good ideas would be: games, Legos, balls, anything you would be okay if you lost it. Don't forget goggles and towels as well. Make sure to put your swimmers name on everything!

7.Warm-ups will start promptly at 4:00. Our team will warm-up for 30 minutes, and then Three Chimneys will start their warmup at 4:30. The Sparks meet will begin at 5:15 sharp. (Sparks families – you do not need to arrive with your swimmer until 5:00.) Once your spark swims their lap, you are welcome to leave or hang out and cheer on our Lightning team! This week we will be having a time of recognition for our Lake Forest swimmers at 5:00.

8. This week’s meet theme NEON night!

9.Don’t forget to bring cash for the concession stand. We also accept credit cards through Square. We will have barbecue sandwiches from a Lake Forest family for sale. We will also have Pizzeria Azzurri pizza, burgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks, candy. Kona Ice will be on site from 5:00-9:00. We will also have cake pops for sale.

10.If you have signed up to volunteer as meet set-up, you need to arrive by 3:00 PM. If you signed up as a bullpen parent, you need to arrive by 3:30 to help with marking arms. Timers need to arrive before 5:00, as we will have a timer meeting in the lower level of the clubhouse at 5:00, when our league official arrives. All volunteers must check-in the lower level of the clubhouse by 4:30.

I think that’s all for now. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Looking forward to tomorrow! Go Lightning!!

Heather Otwell